1974–75 Buffalo Braves season

1974–75 Buffalo Braves season
Head coach	Jack Ramsay
Arena	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Maple Leaf Gardens
Results
Record	49–33 (.598)
Place	Division: 2nd (Atlantic) Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Semifinals (Eliminated 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	MSG Network, WBEN, CFTO
Radio	WBEN, CJBC

The 1974–75 Buffalo Braves season was the fifth season for the expansion Buffalo Braves franchise in the National Basketball Association and its Atlantic Division. It was the team's third season under head coach Jack Ramsay.^[1] The team's official home arena was Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.

Despite losing three key players in Gar Heard, Jim McMillian and Ernie DiGregorio for long stretches, the Braves continued to improve. The Braves finished in 2nd place with a 49–33 record, as Bob McAdoo captured the NBA MVP Award.^[2] McAdoo led the league with 34.5 points per game, while adding 14.1 rebounds per game, which was 4th best in the league.^[2]

In the 1975 NBA Playoffs, the Braves earned the franchise's second playoff berth, this time against the Washington Bullets. The series went to seven games. However, the Braves lost game seven 115–96 on the road. After the season, the team was occupied with legal wrangling surrounding the departure of minority owner and general manager Eddie Donovan.

Transactions

On August 29, 1974, the Braves purchased Dale Schlueter from the Atlanta Hawks.^[3] On September 4, 1974, Matt Guokas was traded along with a 1977 NBA Draft second round pick and a future second round draft pick to the Chicago Bulls for Bob Weiss.^[4] Bernie Harris was waived on January 20, 1975.^[5] Mike Macaluso did not return to play for the Braves and never played in the NBA again.^[6]

On March 21, Braves general manager Eddie Donovan announced that he would resign effective April 1.^[7] The resignation was controversial because there were rumors that he would return to work for his prior team, New York Knicks,^[8] but there were simultaneous rumors that the Knicks had unfairly tampered with Donovan while under contract with the Braves. Upon the announced resignation, NBA Commissioner Walter Kennedy announced that the league would conduct a hearing on the matter.^[9] The transition was complicated by Donovan's 5% ownership of the Braves.^[10] Incoming commissioner, Larry O'Brien announced an amicable settlement as one of his first orders of business.^[11]

Offseason

Prior to the season the team lost Bob Kauffman to the New Orleans Jazz in the May 20, 1974 NBA Expansion Draft.^[12]

NBA Draft

The following members of the 1974–75 Buffalo Braves were drafted during the 1974 NBA Draft.^[13] McMillen played for a year in Europe before joining the 1975–76 Buffalo Braves.^[14] He played for a team in Bologna, Italy.^[15]

Round	Pick	Player	College
1	9	Tom McMillen	Maryland Terrapins
4	9 (63rd overall)	Bernie Harris	Virginia Commonwealth

Roster

Buffalo Braves 1974-75 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
1.5 !G	14	TRI !	Charles, Ken	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fordham
1.5 !G	15	USA !	DiGregorio, Ernie	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Providence
4.0 !F	34	USA !	Harris, Bernie	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Virginia Commonwealth
4.0 !F	24	USA !	Heard, Gar	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Oklahoma
4.0 !F	42	USA !	Marin, Jack	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Duke
6.0 !C	11	USA !	McAdoo, Bob	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	North Carolina
1.5 !G	5	USA !	McMillian, Jim	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Columbia
6.0 !C	22	USA !	Ruffner, Paul	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Brigham Young
4.0 !F	54	USA !	Schlueter, Dale	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Colorado State
1.5 !G	9	USA !	Smith, Randy	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Buffalo State
1.5 !G	8	USA !	Weiss, Bob	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Penn State
1.5 !G	3	USA !	Winfield, Lee	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	North Texas State

Head coach

Jack Ramsay

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

The Braves played most of their home games in the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (dark-rimmed building in front of the HSBC Arena, pictured in 2007).

Overview

An early eleven-game winning streak helped the Braves achieve a 16–4 record to start the season and a later seven-game streak took them to 31–16.^[16] Buffalo supplanted the New York Knicks as Boston's closest competitor in the Atlantic foursome with 49 wins and 33 losses. Buffalo boasted high-scoring super star Bob McAdoo, who posted a 34.5 scoring average to lead the NBA, while making more field goals than any other player. He also led in minutes played, while also ranking among the best rebounders and shot blockers in the league. McAdoo also earned 798 free throw tries, another league high, converting 81% of his attempts. The Braves lost reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Ernie DiGregorio to a knee injury that limited him to 31 games,^[17] watched former Laker Jim McMillian battle illness that caused him to miss 20 games,^[18] and also lost Gar Heard for 15 games,^[19] which dropped the team from the elite and put more of the load on their star. The Braves attendance increased by 40,000 to 467,267 in their 41 home games, but the team fell to 5th of 18 teams.^[16]^[20] The team defense improved sufficiently to create an average 2.2-point scoring margin after a slight average deficit the year before.^[16]^[21]

McMillian ranked tenth in the league in field goal percentage.^[18] Heard ranked 9th in blocks per game (1.8).^[19] Jack Marin, who played in 81 games, ranked seventh in free throw percentage (86.9%).^[22] Randy Smith, who played in all 82 regular-season games for the third consecutive season, finished fourth in assists per game (6.5).^[23] McAdoo, who also played all 82 games, led the NBA in minutes played, field goals, rebounds (ranked fourth per game), points, and points per game. Meanwhile, he ranked sixth in blocks per game, second in total free throws, and fifth in field goal percentage. This performance earned him the league MVP and first team All-NBA honors.^[24]

October–November

As he had the season before, DiGregorio had a tremendous opening night with 33 points. The Braves defeated the defending champion Boston Celtics 126–119, giving them their first win in nine games against Boston as a visitor.^[25] The Celtics had eliminated the Braves from the 1975 NBA Playoffs.^[26] DiGregorio was sidelined after six games due to knee surgery.^[27] After a 4–3 start, the Braves won eleven in a row starting with a November 3, 1974, victory over the Los Angeles Lakers at the Los Angeles Forum and culminating with a November 23 victory over the Phoenix Suns at home.^[16] In order to win the eighth game of the streak, the Braves had to overcome a seventeen-point deficit to earn a 111–106 victory against the Golden State Warriors.^[28] Even after losing to the Chicago Bulls on November 24, their 15–4 record was the best in the NBA.^[29]

December–January

During December, the Braves dealt with injuries to McMillan, who required an emergency appendectomy,^[27] and DiGregorio.^[30] After their great start, the Braves compiled a 6–7 month of December.^[16] On December 19, despite 49 points by McAdoo, the Braves lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[31] On December 28, the NBA's smallest player, Calvin Murphy scored a career-high 45 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a 125–117 victory over Buffalo.^[32] By January, Heard was suffering from a knee injury.^[27] As a result, in some games, the Braves only played seven players.^[33] In a January 3 game against the Detroit Pistons, Dale Schlueter was involved in two altercations that resulted in bench-clearing brawls.^[34] In January 1975, the Braves recorded a seven-game winning streak starting with a January 10 win over the Cavaliers and ending with a January 24 victory over the New York Knicks.^[16] In the fifth game of the streak, McAdoo outscored Pete Maravich 43–40 at New Orleans.^[35]

February–April

Following an 11–4 January, the Braves struggled to a 7–7 record in February.^[16] On January 24, DiGregorio returned to the active roster following his October 29 knee cartilage injury.^[36] The March 13 victory against the Golden State Warriors established the franchise record for most wins in a season at 43, surpassing the prior season's total of 42.^[37] From March 14 to March 21, the Braves posted their season-worst four-game losing streak.^[16] Donovan announced his April 1 resignation in late March.^[7] In late March, DiGregorio was sidelined for the rest of the season.^[36] The Braves then went on a five-game winning streak from March 22 to March 29,^[16]^[38] but the team lost three of four April regular-season games.^[16]

Season standings

**Atlantic Division**^[39]
Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Boston Celtics	60	22	.732	–
Buffalo Braves	49	33	.598	11
New York Knicks	40	42	.488	20
Philadelphia 76ers	34	48	.415	26

Season schedule

1974–75 game log

October: 4–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Record	Streak
1	October 18	@ Boston Celtics	126–119	1–0	Win 1
2	October 19	Boston Celtics	95–113	1–1	Loss 1
3	October 22	New Orleans Jazz	134–118	2–1	Win 1
4	October 24	New York Knicks (at Toronto, Canada)	111–91	3–1	Win 2
5	October 26	Chicago Bulls	105–104	4–1	Win 3
6	October 29	@ Golden State Warriors	101–130	4–2	Loss 1

November: 12–4 (Home: 6–1; Road: 6–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Record	Streak
7	November 1	@ Portland Trail Blazers	106–113	4–3	Loss 2
8	November 3	@ Los Angeles Lakers	124–101	5–3	Win 1
9	November 6	@ New Orleans Jazz	110–98	6–3	Win 2
10	November 9	Detroit Pistons	109–100	7–3	Win 3
11	November 10	@ Detroit Pistons	124–117	8–3	Win 4
12	November 12	Cleveland Cavaliers	112–94	9–3	Win 5
13	November 14	@ Boston Celtics (at Providence, Rhode Island)	112–100	10–3	Win 6
14	November 16	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	101–96	11–3	Win 7
15	November 19	Golden State Warriors	111–106	12–3	Win 8
16	November 20	@ Washington Bullets	115–104	13–3	Win 9
17	November 21	Philadelphia 76ers (at Toronto, Canada)	99–95	14–3	Win 10
18	November 23	Phoenix Suns	117–104	15–3	Win 11
19	November 24	@ Chicago Bulls	89–91	15–4	Loss 1
20	November 26	@ Philadelphia 76ers	103–99	16–4	Win 1
21	November 29	Washington Bullets	93–96	16–5	Loss 1
22	November 30	@ New York Knicks	111–118	16–6	Loss 2

December: 6–7 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Record	Streak
23	December 3	Milwaukee Bucks	101–110	16–7	Loss 3
24	December 6	Portland Trail Blazers	114–105	17–7	Win 1
25	December 7	@ Philadelphia 76ers	112–116	17–8	Loss 1
26	December 10	Philadelphia 76ers	101–91	18–8	Win 1
27	December 12	Houston Rockets (at Toronto, Canada)	124–113	19–8	Win 2
28	December 13	New York Knicks	108–104	20–8	Win 3
29	December 14	@ New York Knicks	118–102	21–8	Win 4
30	December 17	@ Kansas City-Omaha Kings	110–111	21–9	Loss 1
31	December 19	@ Cleveland Cavaliers	104–106	21–10	Loss 2
32	December 20	Atlanta Hawks	102–113	21–11	Loss 3
33	December 27	@ Phoenix Suns	108–92	22–11	Win 1
34	December 28	@ Houston Rockets	117–125	22–12	Loss 1
35	December 30	@ Milwaukee Bucks	91–106	22–13	Loss 2

January: 11–4 (Home: 7–2; Road: 4–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Record	Streak
36	January 3	Detroit Pistons	92–111	22–14	Loss 3
37	January 4	@ Atlanta Hawks	121–108	23–14	Win 1
38	January 6	@ Philadelphia 76ers	95–101	23–15	Loss 1
39	January 7	Los Angeles Lakers	115–107	24–15	Win 1
40	January 9	Boston Celtics (at Toronto, Canada)	100–108	24–16	Loss 1
41	January 10	Cleveland Cavaliers	104–100	25–16	Win 1
42	January 12	Boston Celtics	114–101	26–16	Win 2
43	January 17	Golden State Warriors	121–116	27–16	Win 3
44	January 18	@ Atlanta Hawks	129–115	28–16	Win 4
45	January 19	@ New Orleans Jazz	117–112	29–16	Win 5
46	January 21	Seattle SuperSonics	118–108	30–16	Win 6
47	January 24	New York Knicks	105–99	31–16	Win 7
48	January 26	@ Boston Celtics	93–107	31–17	Loss 1
49	January 30	@ Cleveland Cavaliers	97–91	32–17	Win 1
50	January 31	Atlanta Hawks	111–101	33–17	Win 2

February: 7–7 (Home: 4–4; Road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Record	Streak
51	February 1	@ Detroit Pistons	113–119	33–18	Loss 1
52	February 4	Philadelphia 76ers	105–111 (OT)	33–19	Loss 2
53	February 7	Los Angeles Lakers	108–98	34–19	Win 1
54	February 9	@ Seattle SuperSonics	99–93 (OT)	35–19	Win 2
55	February 11	@ Los Angeles Lakers	112–108	36–19	Win 3
56	February 12	@ Phoenix Suns	96–108	36–20	Loss 1
57	February 14	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	112–132	36–21	Loss 2
58	February 16	@ Chicago Bulls	109–114	36–22	Loss 3
59	February 18	Phoenix Suns (at Toronto, Canada)	124–109	37–22	Win 1
60	February 21	Portland Trail Blazers	116–106	38–22	Win 2
61	February 22	@ New York Knicks	92–85	39–22	Win 3
62	February 25	Washington Bullets	93–111	39–23	Loss 1
63	February 27	New Orleans Jazz (at Toronto, Canada)	110–100	40–23	Win 1
64	February 28	New York Knicks	106–114	40–24	Loss 1

March: 8–6 (Home: 5–0; Road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Record	Streak
65	March 1	@ Milwaukee Bucks	100–104	40–25	Loss 2
66	March 4	Seattle SuperSonics	104–97	41–25	Win 1
67	March 6	@ Kansas City-Omaha Kings	110–111	41–26	Loss 1
68	March 8	Milwaukee Bucks	110–95	42–26	Win 1
69	March 13	@ Golden State Warriors	122–103	43–26	Win 2
70	March 14	@ Seattle SuperSonics	105–125	43–27	Loss 1
71	March 16	@ Portland Trail Blazers	95–102	43–28	Loss 2
72	March 18	@ Houston Rockets	115–122	43–29	Loss 3
73	March 21	@ Boston Celtics	101–109	43–30	Loss 4
74	March 22	Houston Rockets	117–112	44–30	Win 1
75	March 25	Philadelphia 76ers	118–103	45–30	Win 2
76	March 26	@ Washington Bullets	94–91	46–30	Win 3
77	March 28	@ Philadelphia 76ers	115–104	47–30	Win 4
78	March 29	Boston Celtics	102–96	48–30	Win 5

April: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Record	Streak
79	April 1	Chicago Bulls	93–98	48–31	Loss 1
80	April 2	@ Boston Celtics	92–95	48–32	Loss 2
81	April 4	Philadelphia 76ers	108–97	49–32	Win 1
82	April 6	@ New York Knicks	93–105	49–33	Loss 1

Source: www.basketball-reference.com

Playoffs

During the playoffs, the Braves captured home court advantage with a victory over the Washington Bullets in game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, but the Bullets returned the favor in game two. The home teams won the remaining games as Buffalo lost the series in seven games.^[16] DiGregorio missed the playoffs.^[17] McAdoo played 46.7 minutes per game during the playoffs and averaged 37.4 points, which both led the league.^[24] Heard averaged 11.7 points and 10.9 rebounds.^[19]

During the regular season the Bullets had been 36–5 (which was an NBA single-season record for home victories) at home, but lost both games to the Braves. The Braves then opened the series at the Capital Centre with a 113–102 victory in game 1. McAdoo was the game-high scorer with 35 and game-high rebounder with 14.^[40]^[41] The Bullets rebounded for a 120–106 victory in game 2 in Buffalo.^[42] Wes Unseld totaled 25 rebounds and Elvin Hayes added 16 as well as 34 points. Meanwhile, McAdoo, who had averaged 14.1 rebounds during the regular season only had 6.^[43] In game 3, Phil Chenier scored 18 points in the third quarter as the Bullets expanded a 53–52 lead to 81–70. Unseld had 18 rebounds and Hayes had 16 to go along with his 30 points. McAdoo had a game-high 34 and Smith added 26 in a losing effort.^[44] Before game 4, McAdoo received his hardware for his league MVP and league scoring title and responded that night with a 50-point performance as the Braves evened the series 2–2 with a 108–102 victory.^[45] Two nights later Hayes responded with 46 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter, as the Bullets completed a 97–93 comeback victory to regain the series lead 3–2.^[46] In the game, the score was tied at 89 with two minutes left when Nick Weatherspoon hit a 17-foot jumper to give the Bullets the lead for good. Chenier and Hayes built the lead up to 94–89 before McMillian made two short shots to bring the Braves back within 1 point in the final minute. An Unseld offensive rebound and putback of a Hayes miss gave the Bullets crucial points in the final seconds. On the night Hayes shot 19-for 26 and McAdoo countered with 34 points.^[47] In game 6, the Braves earned a 102–96 victory as McAdoo scored 9 of his 37 points in the final five minutes. The game had 19 tie scores, with the last being at 89.^[48] In game 7, Washington jumped to a 28–13 lead after one quarter behind 14 points by Chenier. Washington expanded the lead to 42–19 before closing the first half with a 56–38 lead. On the night, Chenier had a career-high 39 points in the 115–96 victory. McAdoo had 36 for Buffalo.^[49]

Playoff schedule

1975 playoff game log

Second round: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)

Date	Team	Score
April 10	@ Washington Bullets	113–102
April 12	Washington Bullets	106–120
April 16	@ Washington Bullets	96–111
April 18	Washington Bullets	108–102
April 20	@ Washington Bullets	93–97
April 23	Washington Bullets	102–96
April 25	@ Washington Bullets	96–115

Source: www.basketball-reference.com

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	MPG	Minutes per game	FG	Field-goals per game	FGA	Field-goals attempted per Game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	FT	Free-throws per game	FTA	Free-throws attempted per Game	FT%	Free-throw percentage
ORPG	Offensive rebounds per game	DRPG	Defensive rebounds per game	RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game
SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PFPG	Personal fouls per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORPG	DRPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PFPG	PPG
McAdoo, BobBob McAdoo	82	43.2	13.4	26.1	0.512	7.8	9.7	0.805	3.7	10.3	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1	3.4	34.5
Smith, RandyRandy Smith	82	36.6	7.4	15.4	0.484	2.9	3.6	0.8	1.2	3	4.2	6.5	1.7	0	3	17.8
McMillian, JimJim McMillian	62	34.4	5.6	11.2	0.499	3.1	3.7	0.84	2	4.2	6.2	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.1	14.3
Marin, JackJack Marin	81	26.5	4.7	10.3	0.455	2.4	2.7	0.869	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.2	2.9	11.8
Heard, GarGar Heard	67	32.1	4.7	12.2	0.388	1.6	2.8	0.564	2.8	7.2	9.9	2.8	1.6	1.8	3.6	11.1
DiGregorio, ErnieErnie DiGregorio	31	23	3.3	7.5	0.44	1.1	1.5	0.778	0.2	1.3	1.5	4.9	0.6	0	2	7.8
Charles, KenKen Charles	79	21.4	3	6.5	0.466	1.5	1.8	0.822	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	2.1	7.6
Winfield, LeeLee Winfield	68	18.5	2.4	4.6	0.526	0.7	1	0.721	0.7	1.2	1.9	2	0.6	0.4	1.6	5.5
Washington, JimJim Washington	42	16	1.8	3.9	0.475	0.5	0.9	0.553	1.4	3.3	4.7	1	0.3	0.3	1.9	4.2
Schlueter, DaleDale Schlueter	76	12.7	1.2	2.3	0.517	1.1	1.6	0.694	1	2.4	3.5	1.4	0.2	0.6	2.1	3.5
Weiss, BobBob Weiss	76	17.6	1.3	3.4	0.391	0.7	0.9	0.806	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.9	3.4
Ruffner, PaulPaul Ruffner	22	4.7	1	2.1	0.468	0	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	1	0.3	0.1	0.1	1	2
Harris, BernieBernie Harris	11	2.3	0.2	1	0.182	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.1	0	0.1	0	0.5

Awards and honors

Bob McAdoo, NBA Most Valuable Player
Bob McAdoo, NBA Scoring Champion^[24]
Bob McAdoo All-NBA Team (1st team)^[24]
Bob McAdoo 1975 NBA All-Star Game^[24]

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1970s

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See also: Sports in New York City, Sports in New York's Capital District and Sports in Syracuse

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